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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in Scotland
2: (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth [syn: flannel, gabardine, tweed, white]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably short for Scots tweedling, twidling twilled cloth Date: 1841 1. a rough woolen fabric made usually in twill weaves and used especially for suits and coats 2. plural tweed clothing; specifically a tweed suit

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name William Marcy 1823-1878 Boss Tweed American politician II. geographical name river 97 miles (156 kilometers) SE Scotland & NE England flowing E into North Sea

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a rough-surfaced woollen cloth, usu. of mixed flecked colours, orig. produced in Scotland. 2 (in pl.) clothes made of tweed. Etymology: orig. a misreading of tweel, Sc. form of TWILL, infl. by assoc. with the river Tweed

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tweed Tweed, n. [Probably a corruption of twills. See Twill.] A soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in two colors, before weaving.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(tweeds) 1. Tweed is a thick woollen cloth, often woven from different coloured threads. N-MASS 2. Someone who is wearing tweeds is wearing a tweed suit. ...an academic, dressed in tweeds and smoking a pipe. N-PLURAL